Syrians Made the Perfect Start Dashed War-Torn Syria’S Fairytale Bid in the Sixth Minute to Cancel out Aus- to Reach the fi Nals for the fi Rst Time
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NFL | Page 6 TENNIS | Page 7 Late fi eld Kyrgios goal lift s blames bug Vikings for Shanghai past Bears retirement Wednesday, October 11, 2017 FOOTBALL Muharram 21, 1439 AH Iceland, Serbia GULF TIMES clinch World Cup spots SPORT Page 3 MOTORSPORT Al-Attiyah powers to fourth world cross-country title The Qatari, driving a Toyota Hilux, won the series in 2008, 2015 and 2016 and gave Toyota a second successive series win with his eighth victory of a dominant 2017 campaign with French navigator Matthieu Baumel FOOTBALL Cahill’s extra-time winner dashes Syria’s World Cup dreams to be continuing moving forward as Australia to take well.” on either US, Cahill scored Australia’s opener in the 13th minute but it was not until Honduras or 96 minutes later that he notched up his 50th international goal to keep Panama in a alive his country’s hopes of a fourth successive appearance at the World play-off for a Cup fi nals. It made for another nerv- spot in Russia ous night for Australian fans as the Socceroos once again failed to fi nd a Reuters way to get the scoreboard to refl ect Sydney their dominance. “We always fi nd a diffi cult way to do things... but we got through, I im Cahill scored an extra- think we deserved to get through,” time winner to keep Austral- Australia coach Ange Postecoglou ia’s World Cup hopes alive said. “Timmy was Timmy, that’s why with a 2-1 win in the Asian he’s the greatest ever.” Tqualifying playoff yesterday which The Syrians made the perfect start dashed war-torn Syria’s fairytale bid in the sixth minute to cancel out Aus- to reach the fi nals for the fi rst time. tralia’s away goal advantage from the Syria fought right until the end 1-1 fi rst-leg draw. Tamer Haj Moha- of the 120-minute match and Omar mad dispossessed Mark Milligan in al-Somah could have secured their midfi eld and he fed al-Somah, who passage on the away goals rule at the outpaced the Australian defence and death, only for his brilliantly struck planted the ball high into the net with free kick to hit Mat Ryan’s right post his left foot. and bounce away. The Asian champions were back on The 3-2 aggregate victory sends terms in 13th minute when Mathew the Socceroos into an interconti- Leckie broke down the right and de- Qatar’s Nasser Saleh al-Attiyah and co-driver Matthieu Baumel celebrate their World Cup success in Morocco yesterday. nental playoff in November against livered a pinpoint cross that 37-year- the fourth-placed team in North old Cahill headed home. Australia and Central America and Carib- dominated the remainder of the fi rst By a correspondent Results Erfoud, Morocco bean (CONCACAF) qualifying with half, with Syrian skipper Zaher Med- a World Cup spot on the line. The ani blocking a Cahill shot and goal- 1. Nasser Saleh al-Attiyah (QAT)/Matthieu United States, Panama and Hondu- keeper Ibrahim Alma denying James verdrive Racing’s Nasser Baumel (FRA) Toyota Hilux Overdrive 10hrs ras, the three teams who could pro- Troisi and Leckie. Saleh al-Attiyah made sure 39min 34sec vide the opposition, were playing Alma again had to be at his best of a fourth FIA World Cup for 2. Sébastien Loeb (FRA)/Daniel Elena (FRA) their fi nal qualifi ers late last night. to stop a fi erce Rogic strike from the OCross-Country Rallies title in Peugeot 3008 DKR 10hrs 47min The Syrians had battled the odds edge of the box after 70 minutes and stunning fashion by clinching his fourth 29sec @7.55 to even get into the playoff , having the Celtic midfi elder curled a shot outright victory in a rain-aff ected OiL- 3. Jakub Przygonski (POL)/Tom Colsoul been forced to play all their “home” just wide of the far post from the ibya Rally of Morocco, the 10th and pe- (BEL) Mini John Cooper Works Rally 11hrs matches in Malaysia because of the ensuing corner. Once al-Mawas was nultimate round of the FIA World Cup for 09min 12sec @29.38 civil war in their own nation. With- sent off for a second foul on Aaron Cross-Country Rallies. 4. Joan Roma (ESP)/Alex Haro (ESP) Mini out fi ve fi rst-choice players through Mooy four minutes into the fi rst pe- The Qatari, driving a Toyota Hilux pre- All4 Racing 11hrs injury or suspension, they also had to riod of extra time, it appeared only a pared by the Belgian team, won the series 09min 19sec @29.45 play most of extra time with 10 men matter of time before the Australians in 2008, 2015 and 2016 and gave Toyota 5. Vladimir Vasilyev (RUS)/Konstantin after midfi elder Mahmoud al-Mawas would break down the already weary a second successive series win with his Zhiltsov (RUS) Mini Cooper Countryman was dismissed for two yellow cards. visitors. eighth victory of a dominant 2017 cam- 11hrs 22min 59sec @43.25 “I think (it might have been diff er- Robbie Kruse fi nally carved out the paign with French navigator Matthieu 6. Aron Domzala (POL)/Maciej Marton ent) if we had stayed with 11 players decisive chance in the 109th minute Baumel. (POL) Toyota Hilux Overdrive 11hrs and hadn’t had that red card and not when his perfectly weighted cross to While the Frenchman claimed his third 36min 08sec @56.34 hit the post at the end,” Syria coach the far post found Cahill, who headed world title, the duo had to fi ght hard to Ayman Hakeem told reporters. “I am the ball into the top left-hand corner overcome a fi erce early challenge from Standings after round 10 (unoff icial): very proud of my boys with what they of the net to the delight of the major- multiple WRC champion Sébastien Loeb continued his run of stunning form with Toyota its rear wheels and the Frenchman 1. Nasser Saleh al-Attiyah (QAT) have achieved so far and that’s going ity of the 42,000 crowd. over a six-day event where large chunks a crushing opening time of 8min 38sec, incurred the customary 100hrs in time 300pts of the competitive route were cancelled which enabled the Qatari to storm into a penalties, plummeting to 41st overall. 2. Jakub Przygonski (POL) 191pts because of fl ooding. Al-Attiyah’s winning lead of 31 seconds and gave him the op- The second selective section looped 3. Aron Domzala (POL) 114pts margin was 7min 55sec and gave him an portunity to choose the most favourable around Erfoud for 354.45km and includ- 4. Khalid al-Qassimi (ARE) unassailable lead of 109 points in the FIA starting position for the fi rst of the longer ed a passage through the notorious Erg 105pts World Cup with one event remaining. desert selective sections between Fèz and Chebbi, but the route also included an “This was a hard-earned victory and Erfoud. Domzala was ninth, Van Merk- impassable and fl ooded wadi that claimed Domzala, Ten Brinke and Van Merk- a very important one for me and the steijn 14th, Ten Brinke 16th, Chabot 19th, some of the leading riders and the NPO steijn held eighth, 15th and 16th overall. whole team,” said a delighted al-Attiyah, Munk 22nd and He Zhitao was 27th of the decided to stop the competitive action at He Zhitao and Munk were 27th and 28th, who had already claimed outright wins 43 fi nishers. PC1, after 150km. but Chabot’s earlier time had moved him this season in Dubai, Qatar, Kazakhstan, Al-Attiyah started fourth behind Car- Al-Attiyah claimed the fastest time down to 40th. Two selective sections Spain, Hungary and Poland. los Sainz, Joan Roma and Mikko Hirvo- after Sainz was penalised and, therefore, of 191.56km and 263.51km had origi- Overdrive Racing managed seven Toy- nen for the long liaison and the opening reduced Loeb’s overall lead to 5min 02sec. nally been planned for day four from Erg otas in Africa’s only round of the series. selection section of 272.8km. Multiple Domzala, Ten Brinke, a resurgent Chabot, Lihoudi to Erfoud, but the day was short- Aron Domzala teamed up with fellow WRC champion Sébastien Loeb claimed and Munk were sixth, 11th, 15th and 18th. ened again to just 170m because of fl ood- countryman Maciej Marton and fi nished the quickest time and moved into the lead Van Merksteijn dropped around 10 min- ing. Al-Attiyah claimed the stage win sixth overall, the result lifting the talented with a time of 3hrs 41min 52sec, as Al-At- utes in 22nd and He Zhitao was 36th. with a time of 1hr 46min 38sec and that young Pole into third in the FIA World tiyah slipped to second position with the Rain and fl ooding forced race offi cials to enabled the Qatari to move 6min 42sec Cup standings behind al-Attiyah and Ja- third quickest time. shorten the third Marathon stage to Erg in front of a struggling Loeb and snatch kub Przygonski. Domzala, Van Merksteijn, Ten Brinke Lihoudi and teams only tackled the sec- the outright lead. Overdrive teammates The action got underway with a 12km and Munk held eighth, 16th, 20th, 23rd ond 142.79km section of the day. Al-At- Domzala, Ten Brinke, Munk and Zhitao super special stage around 40km from overall. He Zhitao completed the stage in tiyah beat Loeb by 1min 16sec to trim the held sixth, 11th, 25th and 26th overall, but Australia’s Tim Cahill heads ball to score a goal against Syria in Sydney Fèz on Thursday (October 5).